A bidirectional WDM optical system in which crosstalk between interleaved channels of different wavelengths is suppressed by the inclusion in the amplifier gain block of four-port filters that discriminate on the basis of the wavelength of the interleaved signals passing through the four port filters.
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June 4, 2001
November 16, 2004
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